Population growth of Mexican free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis mexicana) predates human agricultural activity

Table 2 Maximum likelihood estimates for modern and ancestral effective population sizes, time of onset of growth and population growth rates

Demographic Parameter	mtDNA		RAG2		Combined
	MLE	95% CI	MLE	95% CI	MLE	95% CI
N_A (×10³)	120	10-890	340	120-560	230	120-450
N₀ (×10⁶)	11	6-50	6	6-50	11	6-50
τ (kya)	330	110-500	110	0-500	220	110-500
α (×10^-5/generation)	5.4	2.5-18	10	2.6->>100	7	2.6-18
Fold growth	93	10-3900	16	10-420	48	16-320

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